Axial Commons Image Treasury
Engraved scene of a crowded stone prison hall with barred windows, a standing man in a tricorn hat, and a woman in white kneeling among seated figures.

Beggar's Opera, Act III

A crowded stone-walled hall with barred windows and a banner above, where a man in a tricorn hat and long coat stands center among seated figures and a kneeling woman in a white gown. The fine-line engraving in sepia tones shows rich period costume and a dim, theatrical prison-like setting.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1788
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 2877 px
Download full size
Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1788; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Español: La ópera del mendigo, acto III

Un salón abarrotado de muros de piedra, con ventanas enrejadas y un estandarte sobre la escena, donde un hombre con sombrero tricornio y abrigo largo está de pie en el centro, rodeado de figuras sentadas y una mujer de vestido blanco arrodillada. El grabado de trazos finos en tonos sepia muestra trajes de época y un ambiente sombrío, similar a una escena de teatro dentro de una prisión.

Português: A Ópera do Mendigo, Ato III

Um salão lotado de paredes de pedra, com janelas gradeadas e um estandarte acima da cena, onde um homem de chapéu tricórnio e casaco longo está de pé no centro, cercado por figuras sentadas e uma mulher de vestido branco ajoelhada. A gravura de traços finos em tons sépia mostra trajes de época e uma atmosfera sombria, semelhante a uma cena teatral dentro de uma prisão.

More from William Blake

Engraving of enslaved African people walking across open ground while a European man in a hat gestures with a stick; ship masts behind.Group of Negros, as imported to be sold for SlavesEngraved portrait of a seated clergyman in a dark gown and white bands, holding a small card, with a caption below.Reverend Robert Hawker, D.D.Sepia print of a reclining nude man coiled by a serpent, with a standing figure at left against rocky, swirling sky.The Chaining of OrcEtching of impaled skulls on tall poles in a field, with a soldier raising a musket, a man in a tricorn hat, and a kneeling figure.The Sculls of Lieut Leppar, & Six of his MenWood engraving: crescent moon over a tree, a figure by a cottage, a thatched cottage by a stream, and a figure by a stone.The Pastorals of VirgilEngraving of a kneeling woman in a white gown, hands clasped on a ledge, face raised, beside a lit candlestick and round mirror in a draped room.Canto II, Verse 471